WikiLeaks shares full text of Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s explosive new book on Trump, online

President Trump hits again at psychological instability claimsNewsweek

Whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks on Sunday (7 January) posted the total textual content of Michael Wolff’s new e-book ‘Fireplace and Fury: Contained in the Trump White Home’, an explosive tell-all about President Donald Trump and his administration, on Twitter.

The web site tweeted a hyperlink to the textual content of the brand new e-book that has captivated the curiosity of hundreds of thousands by portray an unflattering image of the president and his closest aides.

“New Trump e-book ‘Fireplace and Fury’ by Michael Wolff. Full PDF:” the tweet learn together with a hyperlink to a Google Drive containing the total textual content of the e-book.

It was later deleted and changed with one other tweet and hyperlink to the Google Drive that learn: “Full textual content of the controversial e-book on Trump, “Fireplace and Fury”, by Michael Wolff, leaks onto the web.”

It isn’t clear why WikiLeaks tweeted out the hyperlink to the total textual content of the e-book. Nonetheless, posting the textual content of the e-book on-line with out permission would violate copyright restrictions and certain harm gross sales.

Wolff’s e-book, launched on Friday, has dominated headlines over the previous week is promoting quick and has already soared to the highest of Amazon’s bestsellers checklist. In the meantime, Trump and the White Home have fiercely denounced the e-book as “pretend” and filled with lies.

Wolff mentioned he carried out over 200 interviews with key White Home staffers for the e-book.

Amongst different attention-grabbing anecdotes, Fire and Fury quoted former White Home chief strategist Steve Bannon as saying the 2016 Trump Tower assembly between President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer was “treasonous.”

“They are going to crack Don Junior like an egg on nationwide TV,” Bannon was quoted as saying within the e-book, referring to the continued investigation into Russian interference and ties between Trump’s marketing campaign and Moscow. Bannon additionally reportedly known as Trump’s daughter Ivanka “dumb as a brick” within the e-book.

Bannon later tried to make amends in an announcement to Axios saying Trump Jr. is a “patriot” and a “good man”. He added that he regretted not instantly responding to his feedback reported within the e-book.

Fireplace and Fury has additionally raised severe issues over Trump’s psychological stability and his capacity to hold out his duties as president. Trump responded to these questions on Twitter over the weekend saying he’s a “very secure genius” and “like, actually good.”

WikiLeaks and Trump

WikiLeaks head Julian Assange has not but publicly commented on the web site’s tweet or Wolff’s new e-book. Nonetheless, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti mentioned WikiLeaks’ submit does violate copyright legislation.

US intelligence companies have concluded that Russia directed the hacks on the DNC and Democratic officers earlier than relaying the stolen data over to WikiLeaks to launch on-line.

Assange, nevertheless, has denied the allegations saying the fabric didn’t come from Moscow or any “state occasion.”

Final yr, it was revealed that Trump Jr. corresponded with WikiLeaks in the course of the race to the White Home. White Home senior adviser and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner additionally obtained emails relating to WikiLeaks and a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” within the lead-up to the 2016 election.

WikiLeaks has shared the total textual content of ‘Fireplace and Fury’ the eye-opening e-book that has captivated hundreds of thousands and despatched shockwaves in WashingtonANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Pictures